Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has tested positive for coronavirus, said a hospital where the CM is admitted after he fainted in a rally.
On Sunday, Rupani, 64, fainted on stage while addressing a rally in Vadodara for the upcoming civic polls in the state, following which he was flown to Ahmedabad and admitted to the U N Mehta Hospital here.
Rupani’s sample was collected on Sunday night and sent for RT-PCR test which has come out positive for coronavirus, said a health bulletin issued by the hospital on Monday.
He has mild symptoms, it added.
ગુજરાતના મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી @vijayrupanibjp જી કોરોના સંક્રમિત થયાના સમાચાર જાણ્યાં.
હું ઇશ્વરને પ્રાર્થના કરૂ છું કે, તેઓ ટૂંક સમયમાં સ્વસ્થ થઇ, આપણી વચ્ચે આવે અને પુન: જનકલ્યાણના કામોમાં સક્રિય થાય.
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